The Canadian Press: University of British Columbia political ecologist and China scholar Juliet Lu said the MOU is “relatively low-hanging fruit” in Carney’s attempt to rebuild trade momentum with Beijing, compared to dealing with Canadian tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles or China’s levies on Canada’s canola.
Nonetheless, Lu said the potential for B.C. processed lumber to enter the Chinese market on a larger scale is positive, given China has traditionally relied on carbon-intensive concrete-and-steel construction for its large-scale high-rise projects…